Flower stand or shelf



(No Model.)

I. G. PITTET. FLOWER STAND OR SHELF.

No. 557,875. Patented Apr. 7, 1896.

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FELIX G. FITTET, OF PATERSON, NElV JERSEY.

FLOWER STAND OR SHELF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,875, dated April '7', 1896.

Application filed May 20, 1895. Serial No. 549,870. (No model.)

To all whom, it 7na7 concern.-

Be it known that I, FELIX G. PITTET, a citizen of the 'L'nited States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Flower-Shelves, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a shelf for flowers, to be adjustable to a windowsill either inside or outside of a building, which will be simple, durable, cheap, and ornamental.

My invention consists of a board of suitable size surrounded bya guard consisting of ornamental wire-work to prevent the flower-pots from falling off, in combination with brackets of wrought or cast iron, constructed substantially as hereinafter described and shown in the drawings and adapted to be adjusted to the sill of a window either inside or outside of a building.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure l is a window frame and sill, showing my improved flower-shelf in adjustment therewith. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, partly in section, showing the method of adjustment of the bracket to the windowsill. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of one of my improved flower-shelf brackets or supports, showing means for attaching the same to the sill and an adjustable arm or brace in the lower end of said bracket. Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a top or plan view of Fig. 3; and Fig. 6 is a side view of one of the guide-pieces which are secured to the bottom of the shelf, forming a raceway adapted to receive and hold the top portions of the brackets, so that the shelf may be permitted to slide on the bracket when it is secured to the sill. Fig. '7 is an end view of two guidepieces when in position, showing the method of securing the same to the bottom of the shelf; and Fig. 8 is a top view of Fig. 7.

In the drawings, K represents a window, of which A is the sill. B is the board or shelf,

around the edge of which is secured the ornamental wire sides 0.

To the bottom of the boa-rd B are secured, crosswise, the guidepieces or slides a a a a, which prevent the board from cracking or warping. Said slides or guide-pieces are secured to the bottom of the board or shelf 13, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 7, and 8, so as to permit the top of the bracket D to slide bet-ween them and the bottom of the board orshelt' and serve to hold the shelf stead y and prevent it from tipping.

The brackets D are provided with the holes or slots D, which are large enough at one part to admit the head of a screw, and which diminish in size and are countersunk so as to forma shoulder over which the head of the screw may be passed and become locked, leaving the head of the screw flush with the top of the bracket. The bracket is also provided with a lug a short distance from the hole D, which lug projects downwardly from the top of the bracket at right angles and is provided with a U-shaped opening, as shown in Fig. 4, the edge of said opening being beveled or provided with a shoulder to fit the beveled under portion of the head of a screw. In the drawings said lug is lettered D To place the bracket in position on the sill of a window, I screw two oval-headed screws down into the top of the window-sill until the head of the screw is near enough to the sill to permit the bracket-hole I) to be passed over the head of the screw and to be pushed under the same.

The board B having the slides a (I a a. may 7 slide onto the brackets D.

The lower end of the bracket is provided with an opening E adapted to receive an adjustable brace E, which has an enlarged end E to prevent it from entering and breaking the plaster of the wall G.

The adjustable braceE is slipped back in the opening E until the enlarged end E touches the wall G. It is then secured and prevented from moving in the hole E of the bracket D by means of the thumb-screw F. Th us a firm support is secured for the shelf.

\Vhen the lug D is not to be used as an additional security or brace for the bracket, the hole D, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, is simply turned around or reversed, so that the narrow part of the opening D is at the end of the bracket.

Various sizes and modifications of my shelf and bracket may be made to suit different windows, and the shelf may be moved for- I ward and backward on the brackets to avoid contact with curtains or blinds.

The method of securing my brackets to the outside of a building is similar to that above described.

YVith this description of my invention, What I claim is A shelf for flowers consisting of the board 13, wire-netting O surrounding the same, slides a a a a" secured to the bottom of said board,

brackets D provided with hole D and lug D and the opening E the adjustable brace-arm E passing through said opening E in the bracket D and having an enlarged end E and the thumb-screw F, all constructed substantially as shown and described.

' FELIX G. PITTET. Witnesses:

M. M. DREW,

R. EMMET OBRIEN. 

